Pocatello man who cut other man’s neck gets probation
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POCATELLO — A man who held a knife to the neck of a fellow bar patron has been sentenced.
After reaching a plea deal with the Bannock County Prosecutor’s Office, 45-year-old Jeffrey Daniel Chambers pleaded guilty to aggravated battery, according to court documents. In exchange, a deadly weapon enhancement was dismissed.
At a hearing Monday, Sixth District Judge Robert Naftz sentenced Chambers to five years of felony probation with an underlying sentence of three to six years and a 120-day discretionary sentence that could be enforced by a probation officer.
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Investigative reports show Chambers was arrested on Jan. 8 after Pocatello police officers were called to a bar on the 200 block of West Clark Street. Arriving officers were informed that a man in the bar, later identified as Chambers, had been involved in an altercation with another man. During the altercation, witnesses told officers Chambers pulled a knife on the other man, held him in a headlock and put the knife to his neck.
Officers noted a slice on the victim’s neck, police reports showed, but the victim denied medical treatment.
In addition to probation, Chambers has been ordered to pay $995.50 in fees and fines. He also received credit of 11 days for time served for any prison sentence that is enforced.